Top Firefox 2 Config Tweaks


	Top Firefox 2 Config Tweaks
twokatmew
3-18-2007 1:03 PM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/dd3b57d1-91f1-4d7e-b3fc-2f2fb8b3314f/DD0DEFA1-AD87-424E-AE96-211E5295A5D1/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://lifehacker.com/software/firefox-2/geek-to-live--top-firefox-2-config-tweaks-209941.php" href="http://lifehacker.com/software/firefox-2/geek-to-live--top-firefox-2-config-tweaks-209941.php" style="font-size: 11px;">lifehacker.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/software/firefox-2/geek-to-live--top-firefox-2-config-tweaks-209941.php"><H4>How to modify Firefox's configuration (about:config)</H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/software/firefox-2/geek-to-live--top-firefox-2-config-tweaks-209941.php"><H4>Session restore</H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/software/firefox-2/geek-to-live--top-firefox-2-config-tweaks-209941.php"><UL><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Key: <A href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.startup.page"><B>browser.startup.page</B></A></LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Modified Value: <B>3</B></LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Default: <B>1</B> (open your specified homepages)</LI></UL></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/software/firefox-2/geek-to-live--top-firefox-2-config-tweaks-209941.php"><H4>Tab width before scrolling kicks in</H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/software/firefox-2/geek-to-live--top-firefox-2-config-tweaks-209941.php"><P>To disable tab scrolling entirely, set the value to 0.</p> <UL><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Key:  <A href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.tabs.tabMinWidth"><B>browser.tabs.tabMinWidth</B></A></LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Modified Value: <B>75</B> (fit in more tabs before overflow enables scroll)</LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Alternate Modified Value: <B>0</B> (disable scroll entirely)</LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Default:  <B>100</B></LI></UL></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/software/firefox-2/geek-to-live--top-firefox-2-config-tweaks-209941.php"><H4>Tab close buttons</H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/software/firefox-2/geek-to-live--top-firefox-2-config-tweaks-209941.php"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Key:  <A href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.tabs.closeButtons"><B>browser.tabs.closeButtons</B></A></LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/software/firefox-2/geek-to-live--top-firefox-2-config-tweaks-209941.php"><UL><SPAN clip-index="6" name="Clipmarks_SelectionBounds"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Key:  <A href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.tabs.closeButtons"><B>browser.tabs.closeButtons</B></A></LI></SPAN><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Modified Value: <B>3</B> (revert to Firefox 1.5 behavior)</LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Alternate Modified Value: <B>2</B> (don't display any close tab buttons)</LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Default:  <B>1</B> (display close buttons on all tabs)</LI></UL></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/software/firefox-2/geek-to-live--top-firefox-2-config-tweaks-209941.php"><H4>Fetch only what you click</H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/software/firefox-2/geek-to-live--top-firefox-2-config-tweaks-209941.php"><UL><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Key:  <A href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.prefetch-next"><B>network.prefetch-next</B></A></LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Modified Value: <B>false</B></LI></UL></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/software/firefox-2/geek-to-live--top-firefox-2-config-tweaks-209941.php"><H4>Limit RAM usage</H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/software/firefox-2/geek-to-live--top-firefox-2-config-tweaks-209941.php"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Key:  <A href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.cache.memory.capacity"><B>browser.cache.memory.capacity</B></A></LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Modified Value:  Depends on your system's total memory.</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/software/firefox-2/geek-to-live--top-firefox-2-config-tweaks-209941.php"><H4>Turn off chrome tooltips</H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; 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